Condenser.



Gr.l REIMERS.

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LPPLIOATION r1Lnn JUxx: 4, 1910.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

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. GONDBNSBR; APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1910.:

' Patented Nov: 11,1910;

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To all whom it may concern: f

13e it known that I, GERHARD REIMERS, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milltown, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Condenser, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

The invention is an improvement in condensers such as are employed in ice and cold storage plants for condensing the hot ammonia gas, the object of the invention being to rapidly effect a thorough condensation of the gas by leading the liquid ofi' as fast as it is formed in the condenser, under the action of gravity, thus relieving the condenser of back pressure and giving it a relatively large capacity.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings forming a` part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a condenser constructed in acco1dance\'\/ith my invention. the drip tank in which the condenser is placed being shown in section; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the condenser; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing in detail one series of the pipe coils and its connection with the feed aiul'discharge headers.

The condenser in general is inade' up of a series of' tiers of pipe coils, the' pipes of one tier being arranged opposite the intervals of the pipes of the adjacent tiers, and the several tiers of coils successively arranged one slightly below the other in passing from the feed toward theI discharge end of the condenser, this depression in the tiers of coils in the present embodiment of the invention being shown to be equal to half the distance between adjacent. coils of the same tier, and each coil 10 of each tier feeding into the next coil below of the adjacent depressed tier "(see Fig. it.) The tiers of coils are ordinarily arranged at. each side of and connect with a vertical feed header 1l, with the coil system at each side discharging into a vertical discharge header l2, each coil system being adapted to be cut out, so that-the condenser can be worked independently thereof. by valves 13 and 14, respectively arranged adjacent to the headers 11 and 12. Each coil systenl forming one coil in the ,county of Middlesex' of each of the coil tiers at one side the feed headerl is in the form of a continuouslength of pipe, as shown in Fig. 3.

Thehot gases are fed from the gas Coml is discharged at the lower ends of the J.1er-

tical discharge headers 12 into a discharge pipe 1G, which in turn discharges to the point of use through a discharge v.pipe 17, the discharge pipe 1G having a controlling valve 1S between the pipe 17 and each of the discharge headers, one of these valves being cut off when it. is desired to Work only one side of the condenser. Tothe upper Vends of the verticalliquid headers is connected the customary equalizer pipe 1,9, this pipe extending to one side of the condenser and being provided with a foul gas cock 20 on the highest point of the condenser, as is the customary practice. p

Above the'tierslof the condenser coils are placed the usualwaterdrip pipes 2l for cooling the gas,=these pipes also being placed intermediate the height ofthe tiers, for which purpose gaps' vare left, as clearly shown inFig. 1. The drippipes are pro-`r vided withllanges'QQ, down which the water runs and is spread before dropping on the pipe below, this, however. forming no feature of nly invention. ,y

As the het gasesjare led into the feed header troni the gas compressor they pass under uniform pressure into the several condenser coils which are open. Directly as any portion of the gas is condensed, the liqnid is led voft' under gravity to the discharge header, from which it passes through the discharge pipes 16 and 17. In this way there is no opportunity for the condensate choking up the coils and causing a back pressure of the gas, or a raising of' the soralled head pressure, and as a consequence the condensation is rapid and thorough and the capacity of the condenser relatively large.

The large number of outlets for the which the condenser provides insures the rapid distribution of the gases over a wide range, and accordingly a rapid condensation of the annnonia or other gas.

designed for condensing freezing mediums it is adapted as a condens-'er tor other gases .charge pipe, and a series of condenser coils and is further adapted as a cooler for liquids, as for example a cooler for milk.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a condenser for freezing mediums and' other gases, a gas feed pipe, a liquid disextending from. the feed pipe to the discharge pipe and successively arranged one below and at the. side of the other to successively discharge from one coil to the next by gravity.

In a condenser for freezing mediums and other gases a series of tiers of condenser coils, with the coils of one tier suc cessively arranged below the coils of an adjacent tier in passing from the feed to theA dischargeend of the condenser, each coil of each tier discharging into the next coil be low of the next. adjacent tier.

In a condenser for .freezing mediums and other gases, a series of tiers of condenser coils, the tiers of coils successively depressed below each other in passing towardtheir point of discharge, and each coil of each tier discharging into a coil below arranged in another tier.

4. In a condenser for freezing mediums, and other gases, a vertical feed header, a vertical discharge header` and a series of condenser coils forming a continuous pipe system leading from the feed header to the'discharge header, with the coils successively arranged one belowv the other in passing toward the discharge header.

5. In a condenser for freezing mediums and other gases, a vertical `feed header, a vertical. discharge header, and a series of condenser coils forming a continuous length of pipe connecting the feed header to the discharge header, the coils arranged to discharge successively one into the other under the action of gravity.

In a condenser for freezing mediums and other gases, a vertical feed header, vertical discharge headers, and condenser coils extending from the feed header to each of the discharge headers, with the coils succes sively discharging one into the other under the action of gravity.

'7. In a condenser for freezing mediums and other gases, a vertical feed header, vertical discharge headers, condenser coils extending from the feed header to each of the discharge headers, with the coils successively discharging one into the other under the action of gravity, and means for cuttingofl the ,flow from the feed header to the coils leading to either of the discharge headers.

8. In a condenser for freezing mediums and other gases, a vertical feed header, vertical discharge headers, a discharge pipe leadingfrom thelower ends of the discharge headers, and a series of condenser coil systems leading from the feed header to each discharge header' and arranged one above therother, forming tiers of coils, with the coils of each system successively feeding one to the other under the action of gravity.

9. In a condenser for freezing mediums, and other gases, a series of tiers ofcondenser coils, with the' coils of one tier successively arranged below the coils of the adjacent tier and arranged opposite the intervals thereof, with each coil of each tier discharging into a coil below, of another tier.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscrihiiig witnesses.

- GERHARD RICIMERS. lVitnesses Fnnmnicii A. SoNnnmMnn, 

